Synonyms for theoretical
ˌθi əˈrɛt ɪ kəlthe·o·ret·i·cal

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1. theoretical

   Synonyms:
   conceived, fabulous, fanciful, feigned, fictitious, hypothetical, illusory, imaginary, reported, supposed, supposititious, unreal, untrue, visionary

   Antonyms:
   actual, authentic, certain, demonstrable, developed, essential, genuine, positive, real, substantial, true, unquestionable, veritable

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1. theoretical

   Synonyms:
   speculative, hypothetical, presumptive

   Antonyms:
   practical, positive, definite

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1. theoretical, theoreticadjective

   concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations

   "theoretical science"

   Synonyms:
   theoretic

   Antonyms:
   confirmable, verifiable, data-based, falsifiable, trial-and-error, applied, empiric, existential, observational, a posteriori, experimental, experiential, empirical, semiempirical, forensic, practical

2. theoreticaladjective

   concerned with theories rather than their practical applications

   "theoretical physics"

   Synonyms:
   theoretic

   Antonyms:
   verifiable, applied, empiric, experiential, forensic, confirmable, data-based, falsifiable, practical, empirical, semiempirical, existential, observational, trial-and-error, a posteriori, experimental

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1. theoreticaladjective

   Synonyms:
   speculative, conjectural, hypothetical, unpractical, not practical

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1. List of paraphrases for "theoretical":

   theory, notional, conceptual, theories, theoretically, theoretic, academic, moot, lilun, imputed, theorist, desk, doctrine, hypothetical, pre-service

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1. Walter Orenstein:

   An' overreaction of the immune system' appears to be one of the ways natural Covid-19 infection leads to serious illness and death. There is the theoretical risk that vaccines might trigger that, but I am not aware of any data to date that support an actual role for vaccines in exacerbating the clinical illness, in fact, the trials showed that the vaccines, such as the JJ vaccine, are more effective against serious disease than mild disease.

2. Sara Watson:

   We don't have any immediate plans to study this phenomenon in the US, but we also have no theoretical reasons to expect that our findings would not extend to the American setting.

3. Alastair Mactaggart:

   How does she know Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's not going to use Facebook to identify the swing voters in the different states to make sure that it's not her that gets the Democratic nomination, right ? and look, I don't think they would be stupid enough to do that now. But until yesterday I thought it was more of a theoretical possibility.

4. Justin Trudeau:

   We need to be consulting with communities; we need to be partnering with indigenous peoples; we need to be reassuring Canadians that the science and environmental impact and the risks are being properly monitored, however, we do need to continue to allow processes ... underway where proponents of a broad range of projects can attempt to acquire the social license that simply was not available, even as a theoretical option, over the past years.

5. Herbert Carlisle:

   You've got to get past just the theoretical ... to get it into the fog and friction of a dynamic environment that is changing rapidly.